The latest ICC rankings are out and the biggest gainer seems to be Jasprit Bumrah who has reached his career-best 3rd spot. Jasprit Bumrah picked up six wickets in the series, which proved to be game-changing from India’s point of view. Ironically, Bumrah is at numero uno spot in the T20I rankings. Meanwhile, after guiding India to an unprecedented seventh straight series win, India skipper Virat Kohli reclaimed the No.1 spot among in the latest ICC rankings for ODI batsmen while young pacer Jasprit Bumrah rose to a career-best No.3 among the bowlers. Bumrah has also been hailed by Rohit Sharam and Shikhar Dhawan as the best death over bowler in the world currently.
Kohli, who struck two centuries during India’s 2-1 victory in the three-match ODI rubber against New Zealand, has moved back to the top position within 10 days of losing it to South Africa batsman AB de Villiers.
The 28-year-old Delhi batsman, who scored 263 runs in the series against New Zealand including knocks of 121 in the first ODI in Mumbai and 113 in the final game in Kanpur, has reached 889 points, which is the best ever by an India batsman. The previous highest points tally of 887 was managed by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998 and by Kohli earlier this year.
India opener Rohit Sharma’s 174 runs in the series, which included a fine 147 in the final match, has seen him reach a career-high rating of 799 points, even though he remains in the seventh position.
South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis (up two places to 8th), former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (up one place to 11th), New Zealand batsman Tom Latham (up 15 places to a career-best 23rd), Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed (up three places to 37th) and Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Thirimanne (up six places to 47th) are among the batsmen to move up in the rankings.
Meanwhile, pacer Jasprit Bumrah has reached a career-best third position after finishing with six wickets in the series against the Black Caps. Bumrah rose three spots to be only behind table-toppers — Imran Tahir of South Africa at second and Hasan Ali of Pakistan at the top.
BREAKING: @imVkohli reclaims _ spot in @MRFWorldwide ODI Batting Rankings with his highest ever points total!https://t.co/BcyvXbAPXS pic.twitter.com/SeKNyo8CST
— ICC (@ICC) October 30, 2017
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel is the only other Indian in the top-10 of the ODI bowlers chart.
India’s @Jaspritbumrah93 is up to a career high third in the @MRFWorldwide ODI Bowling Rankings!https://t.co/BcyvXbAPXS pic.twitter.com/JRrS6A8Jxa
— ICC (@ICC) October 30, 2017
However, India’s 2-1 win over the Kiwis was not enough for them to overtake South Africa, which holds the top ranking in the ICC ODI Team Rankings at 121 points, ahead of the men-in-blue by two points.
